FROM: Javamancy, the Weblog
Tomorrow, celebrating either the US tax return filing deadline (April 15) or resources preservation, Starbucks [SBUX] is offering free coffee to pour into the mug that you bring in with you to their stores.
Now, there is some dispute whether this also applies to coffee drinkers who usually obtain multiple coffee refills in the course of a day, or even any given hour. 
Still, it’s a nice offer and a good gesture to the community.
For a limited time (until this coming Sunday), you can fetch a free XBox LIVE avatar item, a pair of Nitefinder goggles, as a promotion touting the latest map pack DLC for the wildly popular Modern Warfare 2.
Sometimes you just have to wonder: sure it’s casual fun, but sometimes Stephen Colbert may just kick it up a notch, Emeril-style, with his faux cooking antics.
Just in time for April Fool’s Day, we’ve got Stephen’s iPad salsa extravaganza (yeah, it’s a video… sorry, folks).
Serves 1.5. Enjoy! 
Blurry... yes. But there's that $1.98 line item for 2 Filet-o-Fish sandwiches... Hmm...
Got visual (and wallet) confirmation earlier today that the 99¢ Filet-o-Fish promotion has been continued in several McDonald’s [MCD] outlets!
Just when you thought that the $100 discount on the Xbox 360 Elite console packages was a way to achieve new price parity with the PlayStation 3 price drops… Microsoft [MSFT] strikes yet again, hot on the heels of the exciting Modern Warfare 2 limited edition Xbox 360 Elite announcement, with an additional Xbox 360 Elite price deal.
This time, it is a $50 rebate on the Xbox 360 Elite when purchased between now and October 5, 2009.
I first noticed this tidbit on Larry’s Major Nelson blog!
Now, the Apple Store has been shut down for the new incoming product SKUs and rearrangement of the existing SKUs. The time is fast approaching for Apple’s [AAPL] “It’s Only Rock and Roll” media event…
The Apple Store prices on several of the current-gen iPod models (NOT the ones to be announced at today’s product announcement) were dropped, from $20 to $120…
Not willing to concede the console wars to Microsoft [MSFT] yet, Sony [SNE] is stickin’ in the game with the revamped PS3 Slim format, with a price reduction and a firmed-up release date for North America.
CNET even has an article about it.
Interesting, right?
Did anybody get at least one of the 52″ Samsung HDTV’s from the Best Buy [BBY] web site for $9.99 USD before they yanked the link?
It’s ironic that it is perhaps one of the few times where “Best Buy” actually lives up to its name. The question is now: Will Best Buy honor their agreement to savvy customers?
Here’s a follow-up on this:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/13/bestbuy.mistake/index.html